Oak Ridge municipal and school officials will have a 2 p.m. press conference today to respond to a recent letter written by Oak Ridge City Council member Trina Baughn to new superintendent Bruce Borchers.
The press conference will include Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan and Oak Ridge School Board Chairman Keys Fillauer. It will be held in the lobby of Oak Ridge High School at 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
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Tj garland says
It’s tough getting old, Tom. Fillauer notified his board of the meeting, but you forgot to notifiy yours; therefore, you must have been speaking as a private citizen.
The room was full of school administrators patting themselves on the back. No parents of bullied or assaulted children were there. i guess because they were not notified. Maybe they can come to the Council meeting tonight to tell their stories.
Another conspicious absentee was the police department. The crux of Trina’s letter was the non reporting of criminal acts in the schools..
Beehan and Fillaeur never mentioned it–and Fillaeur has been the forman of the grand jury for eight years in Anderson County. I suppose that gives him the ability to differentiate a crime from just rambunctous youth.
No organization made up of humans is perfect, however, when a totally tax payer funded one avoids transperancyand demands more and more from the taxpayers, then a thorough audit is needed.
Ck Kelsey says
So T.J. if it doesn’t get reported ,it’s just like it never happened right? Good points !
David Allred says
My advice: don’t let it go. There’s always room to improve. No one likes the squeaky wheel, but occasionally it is necessary to apply the grease.
Mark Caldwell says
There are squeaky wheels that need grease, and there are wheels that need replacing.